Final Year Studio - Research - Data Visualisation - Valance

Image courtesy of http://www.processing.org/, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

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Above is a snap shot taken from the simplfied web version of Valance created by Ben Fry in Processing. The original was done using C++, Perl and OpenGL code. All the versions are investigations into the structure and relationships located with very large sets of information. The information can come from any medium as long as the text is digitally available and allows the user to navigate around it in a 3D space. As the program progresses words link and partner each other as the overall shape morphs and twists.

This project is very intriguing as it directly targets how we read, communicate and use vast amounts of text. An idea that is not too far away from my own. Also interstingly as the digital program conitinues to grow in the 3D space it almost starts to become creature and organic like in animation.

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